St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-04
A FOOLS WISDOM.


didn't think it was right for it to be
done, the club. under the law, must
take out license. District Attorney
BAXTER assisted the judge, who was
acting for the club, in reaching this con-
| cluSiOn. | believe that the courts have
held in numerous instances that clubs
are no more exempt from internal reve-
nue. laws than private individuals are.
The fact that in a club you may pay for
your drinks through an annual member
ship fee does not alter the other fact
that the said drinks are sold on the
premises, and the traffic must be duly
licensed. 1t is sweltering day in
August when Uncle SAM doesn't get
what's due him.
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A great deal of excitement was caused
i'll the little town of Chaska last week
by an unprOvoked assault upon Chief of
! Police EHRMENTRAUT. The first time
my. eyes were ever blessed with the
sight of this gentleman fell to wonder
ing whether he was one of the giants
JACK killed or the elongated beanstalk
up which he climbed. He is the tallest
man in the state of Minnesota, measur-
ing, believe, eight feet and three or
four inches over. He constitutes the
entire police force of Chaska. How the
man who assaulted him ever reached
him, unless he took ladder, | can't un
derStand.
| There is an incident in connection
with the late fire at the Windsor that
has not crept into the papers yet. When
| the tiremen reached the top floor they
! found things in pretty confusion. A
| young woman was making herself con-
| spicuOus by hysterical shrieks and vain
| attempts to move heavy articles that
were not in the least danger. When
| she saw the firemen she stopped and
watched them handle the hose with
| great interest. She saw great flame,
! then heard a swish and rush of some
thing and the flame was gone.
Lord" said she, how'd you do
| that?''
"Water, num-" said the pipeman.
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| Revenue Agent KING, who has been
in st. Paul during the past week, has
an interesting piece of bric-a-brac in the
form of his son-in-law, the versatile
| HENRY GRADY, of the Atlanta COnSti
tuition. Mr.. KING tells many amusing
things in regard to the prohibition cam
paign in Atlanta. The Constitution is
PhOhibitionist, one of them wet" and
the third neutral. During the campaign
| the neutral one charged the other two
for every line they inserted in favor of
| their respective parties. He didn't care
what they published, but it must be
paid for. AS Mr.. KING says, he fixed
himself $50 as to cotch coon, coming
or going.''
Incidental to Gov MCGIIL'S trip to
Washington to urge the Republican ma
tiOnal committee to hold its next meet
ing in Minneapolis, am told this: The
Republican leaders of this state, of
whom MCGIL has assumed to be one,
will inform the national central commit
tee that this is not only BLAINE state,
but that if he is not nominated it may
go Democratic. They will confess in
the closet what others know in the
street. that if BLAINE is not nominated
next year OF prohibition espouSed, Min
neSota is almost doubtful state. They
will assure the committee that the hold
ing of the convention in this state will
harmonic all the factions in the party
here, and that the governor was truly
misquOted when reported as friendly to
SHERMAN or LINCOLN. The governor,
after delivering one of his addresses
from the annual report of the commits
soner on statistics for the year pre-
vious, will say:
There's ELI WARNER. He's for
BLAINE. So is Capt. JAMES, and SHAN
DREW, and AUSTIN, and me-"
Then the committee will ask:
"Who are all theSe?"
And the governor, swelling with
pride, will reply:
PnnnIlican rtx- of NTinna
sofa"
One of the first white men to come
into Minnesota for the purpose of set
tlement was Mons ANDERSON, the
merchant prince, now of La Crosse. He
is peculiar, eccentric man, who, after
his first battle with the wilderness, be-
gan to make money, aid has never
ceased to do so since. His subOrdinates
he ruled with rod of iron. 1t was his
favOrite custom when he wanted one
of them to whistle, and when attention
had been secured to give his commands.
One of his clerks bore this style of re-
ceiving orders with poor grace. In
time he left the old mans employ and
went into business for himself at Fargo.
Years passed. The clerk grew rich,
and one day was surprised to see MONS
ANDEhNON vain iutO pitttC VI DuSl-
ness. Now was his time for revenge
He waited until Mons had reached him,
ignored his Outstretched hand, whistled
shrilly three times and pointed toward
the entrance. There's the dOoI." he
said. Mons saw both the point and
door.
The Hon. THOMAS PCGII, once con-
nected with the Fargo land office, has at
times been considerably interested in
Dakota real estate. Once upon a time
a seductive-appearing Casselton real
estate agent induced Tom to purchase
some land near Arthur, which he had
never seen. The agent described its To-
cation in the most flattering terms.
''Well watered and suitable for
stock?' asked Tom.
Fine water supply" said the agent.
TOM purchased and year later went
out to see the land. In due time he
reached the borders of fine slough,
and by careful study discovered that it
was what he had bought. In great
wrath he wrote to the agent that he had
been swindled. The agent replied:
Dear Mr.. PUGH: From personal
knowledge you can testify that the land
is well watered. AS to its suitability
for stock, your long connection with
Mr.. WINDOW ought to tell you that it is
par excellence. L sold you what you
asked for-well watered, for stock"
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